Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Twin Cities Area
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

